Penguins can t fly! Jan 20, 2021

Penguins can t fly!

Unlike most other birds, penguins can"t fly, though this one sure looks like it"s trying—or jumping for joy since today is Penguin Awareness Day. Actually, these gentoo penguins on Danco Island, just off the Antarctic Peninsula, were photographed leaping out of the water as they returned to their nests for breeding season, which starts in November.

© David Merron/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jan 20, 2018Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
Jan 20, 2019It’s Penguin Awareness Day
Jan 20, 2020A march toward a dream
Jan 20, 2022Penguin Awareness Day
Jan 20, 2023Penguin Awareness Day
Jan 20, 2024Penguin Awareness Day
Jan 20, 2025Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan 20, 2026Penguin Awareness Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Apr 2, 2024Beech trees and wild anemones, Jutland, Denmark
May 9, 2025International Chameleon Day
Nov 3, 2021World Jellyfish Day
Feb 9, 2022Ceremony Hall at Sweden s Icehotel
Feb 26, 2022Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Jul 15, 2019Marine Day in Japan
May 19, 2021A path lain with petals
Dec 8, 2025Christmas lights in Domaso, Lake Como, Italy
Apr 23, 2021A house of grand scale(s)
Jun 22, 2025World Rainforest Day
May 20, 2019The island fox’s incredible comeback
Nov 25, 2024Masai giraffes in Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Jan 6, 2019A winter wonderland in Northeast China
Jan 26, 2023Heavens Gate Cave, Tianmen Mountain National Park, China
Jul 18, 2024Coral Reef Awareness Week
Jun 27, 2022Lavender fields on the Valensole Plateau in Provence, France
Feb 8, 2020Lanterns alight in Pingxi
Jan 26, 2024Northern hawk-owl
May 15, 2023The Canary Islands, Spain
Dec 7, 2021Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Sep 29, 2021The largest American bison around
Oct 25, 2021Dyavolski Most
May 24, 2025European Day of Parks
Mar 12, 2020Fiesta at Siesta
Jan 24, 2025Thorrablot: The Icelandic midwinter festival
Jun 1, 2023World Reef Awareness Day
Apr 3, 2024Find a Rainbow Day
Oct 24, 2019Bridge of Hillsborough County
Oct 16, 2019Paleontology meets art
Oct 30, 2019Cross this bridge if you dare